Countdown

Traditional countdown game that most children will have seen on TV. Can be differentiated at different levels. Helps with work on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Number bonds to 10

Using coat hanger with pegs on to represent the number bonds to 10, can move them across to see physically

Can then ask what the written calculation this would show

e.g. 7 + 3 = 10 

10 - 7 = 3 

10 - 3 = 7

Darts

- Traditional game of Darts can be used to help pupils with addition, subtraction and multiplication

Bingo

Can differentiate questions with multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, shapes

Boggle

Making a certain number e.g.24 using addition, subtraction, multiplication or division using adjacent numbers

Hopscotch

Traditional game of hopscotch, can help with counting but can also be differentiated to cover multiplications

Treasure Hunt Game

- Can be differentiated with different aspects of maths e.g. counting, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, shape etc.
- Moving around board, which could have questions on them to do with different aspects of maths.

Frustration

- Classic board game which can help pupils with counting.

Pairs Game

- Cards face down with numbers on and children try to find number bonds e.g. to get to 10, need to find 7 & 3 or 6&4

Maths e-story books

Accessed via Oxford Owl (www.oxfordowl.co.uk)
- Find the Shapes

- Kipper's Diary (Days of the Week)

- Little Mouse, Deer and the Crocodile (counting to 10)

- Number poems

- The Three Bears (positional vocabulary)

- What time is it? (daily routine)

Clap Game

- Children sit or stand in a circle and go through a set of times tables e.g. 3's and as they get passed around each pupil says a number e.g. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15... and the person who has a number in the 5 times tables claps instead of their number.
- Can be easily differentiated.

Stand Up, Sit Down

- Can be differentiated by subject or speed
- All children stand and you call out a sequence (in times tables?). Teacher misses one number on purpose and when children think that a number has been missed they have to quickly sit down. The last person standing is out.
- Recognising sequences, times tables, counting backwards

Counting Songs

- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive

- 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

- Ten in the bed 

Counting Stories

- One, two, three, count with me

- The Very Hungry Caterpillar 

- Goldilocks and the three bears 

- The tiger who came to tea 

Counting Stick

A counting stick can be used to help with counting in both KS1 and KS2 by counting different things.

In KS1 this can be used to count:
- count up and back down
- odd and even numbers

In KS2 this can be used to count:
- Decimals
- Fractions
- Mutiples/multiplications
- Number patterns

Snakes and Ladders

The classic board game - Snakes and Ladders - can be effective in teaching keys areas of mathematics as well as life skills such as taking turns, waiting and helping our peers. The areas of mathematics that this game can help teach includes: 

- Counting 

- Addition

- Subtraction 

- Doubling